Global Patent Index - EP 0968275 A1

EP 0968275 A1 20000105 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING MATERIALS WITH ELECTRICAL FIELDS HAVING VARYING ORIENTATIONS

Title (en)

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING MATERIALS WITH ELECTRICAL FIELDS HAVING VARYING ORIENTATIONS

Title (de)

Verfahren und Apparatur zur Behandlung von Material mit elektrischen Feldern unterschiedlicher Orientierung

Title (fr)

PROCEDE ET APPAREIL POUR TRAITER DES MATIERES AVEC DES CHAMPS ELECTRIQUES A ORIENTATIONS DIFFERENTES

Publication

EP 0968275 A1 20000105 (EN)

Application

EP 97927870 A 19970610

Priority

US 9709300 W 19970610

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO9856893A1] The object of the invention is to provide a method and apparatus for treating membrane containing material with electrical fields and with an added treating substance. With the method, a plurality of electrodes (121-128) are arrayed around the material to be treated and are connected to outputs of an electrode selection apparatus (110). Inputs of the electrode selection apparatus are connected to outputs of an agile pulse sequence generator. A treating substance is added to the membrane-containing material. Electrical pulses are applied to the electrode selection apparatus and are routed through the electrode selection apparatus in a predetermined, computer-controlled sequence to selected electrodes in the array of electrodes, whereby the membrane containing material is treated with the added treating substance and with electrical fields of sequentially varying directions. The routing of applied pulses through the electrode selection apparatus (110) to selected electrodes (121-128) can be done in an enormous number of ways.

IPC 1-7

C12M 1/42; C12N 13/00; C12N 15/00; C12N 15/87

IPC 8 full level

G01N 33/483 (2006.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01); C12M 1/42 (2006.01); C12M 3/00 (2006.01); C12N 13/00 (2006.01); C12N 15/09 (2006.01); C12N 15/87 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

C12M 35/02 (2013.01); C12N 13/00 (2013.01); C12N 15/87 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 9856893 A1 19981217; AT E258980 T1 20040215; CA 2263720 A1 19981217; DE 69727500 D1 20040311; DE 69727500 T2 20041007; EP 0968275 A1 20000105; EP 0968275 A4 20020123; EP 0968275 B1 20040204; JP 2001500268 A 20010109

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 9709300 W 19970610; AT 97927870 T 19970610; CA 2263720 A 19970610; DE 69727500 T 19970610; EP 97927870 A 19970610; JP 50230199 A 19970610